With all of the screeching from Republicans about widespread voter fraud that never took place, we sure do seem to find a lot of miscreants on the right that have committed voter fraud.
For example, we have former Republican county elections commissioner Jason Schofield in upstate New York, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to 12 counts of voter fraud charges after applying for absentee ballots in the names of other registered voters.
Good old Jason, 43, recently resigned from the Rensselaer County Board of Elections.
Schofield admitted to unlawful possession and use of a means of identification on five occasions in May, September, and October 2021.
NBC News reports:
Schofield is scheduled to be sentenced on May 12. He faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and supervised released of up to three years for each count.
Jason was forced to resign.
Via the Times Union:
Schofield abruptly resigned from his commissioner position on Dec. 28, hours after the Times Union published a story on his decision to plead guilty to the federal charges. The newspaper also reported that he would resign and cooperate with authorities as part of that plea agreement. The change of plea notice was apparently a surprise to members of the Rensselaer County Legislature, who had voted on Dec. 13 to reappoint Schofield to the $89,041 job while his federal criminal case was pending.
Schofield was arrested in September outside his residence by the FBI on charges detailed in the indictment. He initially pleaded not guilty but last month agreed to change his plea.
Jason did bad things. Never be like Jason.
